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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Some events
Today the Olympic games has came to an end in Beijing. Google has also changed its logo on the home page. The logo represents the celebration after grand success in Olympic Games. It was an exceptional Olympic where US swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt created history. Beijing said goodbye to the world [...]
Independent Video Journalist Arrested
Brian Conley is an independent video journalist who usually works for Alive in Baghdad, who was working as part of a team with New York artist James Powderly. From the Committee to Protect Bloggers:
Brian Conley, was arrested at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday in Beijing. Brian, the founder of the Alive in Baghdad video news project, as well as an employee of the Hub, was
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The semifinal match of Women's Beach Volleyball between Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China and Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China took place at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground on day eleven of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. Wang Jie and Tian Jia advanced to the final by winning the match 2-1.
Paul Goodison of Great Britain clinched gold in the Laser (Men's One Person Dinghy) with a ninth finish in the medal race and an overall point total of 63, eight points ahead of Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia who finished second in the medal place to claim silver. Goodison, who finished fourth in Athens, added to Great Britain's impressive gold medal -- making it three gold so far for his NOC. Di
Favorite Mavlet Batirov of Russia claimed his second Olympic gold after defeating Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine for the Men's Freestyle 60 kilogram Wrestling title on Tuesday, August 19. Batirov finished on top in the 55kg category at Athens and then moved up to the 60kg weight class, winning the 2006 European Championship and 2007 World Championship in his new division. Fedoryshyn, who finished
(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) 17 August 2008, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games -- Some 2,203 doping tests have been carried out so far in the framework of the largest ever testing programme for an Olympic Games. The tests include 1,720 urine and 41 Vote(s)
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Michael Phelps took home his 8th gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The U.S. Swimmer broke Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals, the most ever one at one Olympic Games. This time, Michael Phelps shared the gold medal with his teammates - the U.S. won the 4×100m medley relay.
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He did it again! He is tied with Mark Spitz's record of most gold medals won in one Olympic Games! Michael Phelps took home his 7th gold in Beijing on Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly.
Now, Michael Phelps has the opportunity to break history as he goes for his 8th gold medal. Do you think he can do it?
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Usain Bolt ran the fastest 100-meter sprint in China even after slowing to a jog midway, laying down a marker for today's Olympic semifinals and a potential final against Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.Bolt, the world-record holder, cruised to victory in his quarterfinal heat in 9.92 seconds. The 6-foot-5 Jamaican looked to both his left and right to check the competition after passing the halfway ma
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Ryan Lochte of the United States had to fight off a strong Russian challenge but finished with a gold medal and a world record in the Men's 200m Backstroke final at the National Aquatics Center pool on Friday.While many expected the fiercest fight to come from American Aaron Peirsol, Lochte instead had to contend with a strong swim from Russian Arkady Vyatchanin for much of the race.Lochte, the wo
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Competing at the Olympic Games – the greatest show on earth – is the ultimate goal for every athlete. Steeped in tradition, this festival of sport showcases the greatest, fastest and strongest competitors in the world. There is no other contest like it.
On 13th July 2001, Beijing was selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. [...]
Sport
Dates
Competition format
Archery
9 - 15 August
Finals happening through duration
Athletics
15 - 23 August
Generally a morning session of heats and evening finals session per day
Badminton
9 - 17 August
Begins with heats, with finals towards the end of the competition
Baseball
13 - 23 August
Team sport. Competition goes from preliminaries through to finals
Basketball
9 - 24 August
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The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are being held from 8th to 24th August.
There are 28 sports and around 200 countries competing in the Games.
Event Schedule
Full details of tickets and all event sessions are shown in the Sportsworld
Event Schedule
Sport by sport overview
This ‘at a glance’ summary, organised by sport, shows the dates and competition schedule [...]
World and defending Olympic champion Kitajima Kosuke of Japan led all the way to take gold in the Men's 200m Breaststroke at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in an Olympic record 2:07.64. Thursday's Olympic title was Kitajima's second from the National Aquatics Center after he took the 100m Breaststroke title on Monday in world record time and matched his 2004 Athens Olympic Games performance of
China's Yang Wei proved that he is the world's best all-round gymnast today by winning the gold medal in the Men's All-Around. Yang entered the final rotation with a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. The lead was a tremendous advantage for Yang, who knew he did not need to excel on his weakest apparatus, the Horizontal Bar. Yang performed well in the Rings, the Vault and the Parallel
In a rematch of his Athens quarterfinal loss, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez this time prevailed over defending Olympic champion Khasan Baroev of Russia 5-0, 1-1, to claim the gold in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kilogram Wrestling weight class, on August 14, 2008.Lopez was knocked out by Baroev in the quarterfinals of the Athens Games to finish fifth.Lopez's gold is the first for Cuba in Beijing. As a
Bill Bishop of Market Watch thinks that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are the first Web 2.0 Olympics. I tend to agree with his reasons for such a bold statement.
There were at least a billion people watching the opening ceremony alone and as the days progress and the medals competed for, viewers are looking for every way to get closer. According to Nielson Online, Monday saw a h
Like most of you I have been captivated by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Who wouldn’t be?The records now being broken are as fantastic as the cost of hosting the games.A mind blowing $40 billion has been spent by China preparing for the expected 16,000 athletes from 204 countries, the plethora of supporting staff, volunteers, media, seven million spectators. Included in this amount was $5 bill
The United States Men's Basketball "Redeem Team" crushed their opposition and fell just short of their previous game's 100 points when defeating Angola 97-76 in their group B match on Tuesday, August 12. Angola's Carlos Morais led scoring with an impressive 24 points, but the United States team spread their double-digits over four players. Angola's team also had the top rebounder, Joaquim Gomes, w
The US Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle team, led out by the indomitable Michael Phelps, smashed the world record on the way to winning the gold medal on Wednesday. The triumph keeps alive Phelps' dream of gathering a record eight golds at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The win also brings Phelps his 11th career Olympic gold to date. The US team of Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay l
Description: Three concepts have been adopted for the Beijing Olympic Games, namely, the Green Olympics, the High-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics.
Green Olympics - Environmental protection is a key prerequisite for designing and constructing the Olympic Games’ facilities, while strict ecological standards and systematic guarantee systems will be established. Environmental
Finding queer athletes to look up to at the Olympics is akin to looking for a four-leaf clover. Occasionally one will appear, but they are rare, mysterious and guarded. Many athletes can’t afford to come out because it could be detrimental to their career and result in the loss of support from their countries.If we don’t know who is queer, we definitely know who is straight. Olympic coverage
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Jelena Jankovic
J. JANKOVIC d C. Black 6-3, 6-3
Q. How does the calf feel?
JELENA JANKOVIC: It was quite swollen during the match and I tried my best out there. You know, it was my first match of this event. It's quite special to be playing, you know, first day as the No. 1 officially. So I was quite excited about that.
But I had some problems, but I
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Serena Williams
S. WILLIAMS d O. Govortsova 6-3, 6-1
Q. Can you tell us, this experience, do you remember the one in Sydney? Do you see some difference in the Olympic atmosphere? Is it the same? What has changed? Do you like it more? Less?
SERENA WILLIAMS: It brings back memories from Sydney. I didn't remember too much because I didn't go to Athens. But,
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Venus Williams
V. WILLIAMS d T. Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-2
Q. Serena was saying earlier everywhere she's gone she's been mobbed for autographs. Have you had similar experiences since you've come to Beijing?
VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, everyone's been excited. So that's a good thing. Everybody's excited about the Olympics, and I'm part of the Olympics, so I feel like
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Li Na
N. LI d. S. Kuznetsova 7-6, 6-4
Q. You had four matches against your opponent. How did you make it today specifically?
NA LI: (Through translation.) Well, I think because this is the first match in the Olympics, and both of us were quite in a tense situation. Because this match is playing at home, I had lots of supporters behind me, particularly my
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Shuai Peng
S. PENG/C. Suarez Navarro 7-5, 7-6
Q. This is the first game of your Olympic Games. You played against your opponent, which you played at the Fed Cup where you lost. Now that you won, how do you feel? Can you describe the game to us.
SHUAI PENG: (Through translation.) Well, actually, in the Fed Cup I didn't know my opponent back then, so I lost
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Jie Zheng
J. ZHENG d A. Szavay 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Q. Your first game in the Olympics lasted almost 2 hours and 50 minutes. Do you think the Olympic Games are really difficult?
JIE ZHENG: (Through translation.) Well, I think all the people coming to the Olympics are very strong players. And my opponent today is actually No. 14 in the ranking. And she won the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Interview: Zi Yan
V. ZVONAREVA d Z. Yan 6-2, 6-0
Q. Playing the singles game is part of your Olympics. Now that you can focus on the doubles. How do you feel about that?
ZI YAN: (Through translation.) Today we did the singles game, and during the whole process, I felt quite well, except that for many attacks, I didn't do as well because I backed to the back court.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Wednesday Order of Play
Na Li will open play on Wednesday on centre court against Kaia Kanepi for the third round of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In that same court Serena Williams, 4th seed, will take on Alize Cornet, 15th seed.
On Court 1 Dinara Safina will try to continue with her winning form against Jie Zheng and afterwards Jelena Jankovic, world number
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Tuesday Results
Serena and Venus Williams continue their road to the gold medal with a second round victory. Serena Williams, 4th seed, made it past Samantha Stosur in 2 sets losing just 2 games while Venus Williams, 7th seed, defeated Iveta Benesova also in 2 sets.
Dinara Safina, 6th seed, had a tough first set but then was able to stormed past María José
As I have previously posted about female fans watching sports from Euro Girls, now I am going to share some images of the athletic girls who actually do sports especially in Olympics Games.Olympics Beijing 2008 has the latest examples for sport women winning medals in almost all kinds of sports.so here you can find pictures of girls from all the world with variant types of sports.Olympic GamesSwim
Akgul Amanmuradova Blog from Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Akgul Amanmuradova already said goodbye at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. She lost to Francesca Schiavone on Sunday but she blogged for Tennis.com .
Akgul talks about meeting the USA basketball team, the opening ceremony and the great time their have.
Continue reading to find out everything Akgul Amanmuradova has to tell us about
If you have missed the amazing opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics, here is the chance to watch it once again on your PC. Just download these files and enjoy the Olympics Opening Ceremony.Click here to Download
Peking Roast Duck is thought to be one of the most delicious dishes all over the world; most visitors coming to Beijing will never forget to have a try. The deliciousness of roasted duck is produced for a precious Peking Duck, one of the best meaty duck in the world. Accordingly, Peking Duck is raised in a traditional way for particular white Peking Duck. Force-fed, ducks are kept in cages which r
In spite of heavy criticism throughout the world, the Olympic games are going on smoothly in China. Still this country has no democracy. They are following one party system and whose chief is regarded as supreme ruler of the nation. Some people call it murderous military dictatorship where the government kills members of the opposition [...]
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Tuesday 8/12 Order of Play
The action for Tuesday at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is set and Jelena Jankovic, second seed, will take the court against Alona Bondarenko on Centre court.
Venus Williams will be also playing on that court before Jankovic's match. Venus faces Iveta Benesova in the second round.
Serena Williams will be the first one to take the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Monday Results
It's being a great day so far for the seeded players ar the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Serena Williams, 4th seed, went back to court after her match against Olga Govortsova was suspended yesterday due to rain. Serena stormed today past Olga and made it to the second round in 2 sets.
Dinara Safin, 6th seed, continues with her winning strike in
2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony - Click here for more amazing videosBeijing China - Olympic Games Opening 8.08.2008 - The best bloopers are hereBeijing 2008 Olympic Games Fireworks - The most amazing videos are a click awayThis ceremony has been unreal. Watch these videos of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony and you will understand what I am talking about. The fireworks were un
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Monday 8/11 Order of Play
Monday will be a day full of tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games... if the rain allows it of course...
Roger Federer, top seed, will take the court againts Tursunova after their match was postponed on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic, third seed, will follow Federer on center court against Ginepri.
2004 gold medalist, Nicolas Massu, will
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: David Nalbandian Interview
David Nalbandiam the highest hope for Argentina at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis event, has not played since Wimbledon due to an injury but he is very optimistic and being surrounded by so many athletes makes him feel even better.
David Nalbandian was interview by Clarin (newspaper from Argentina) and he talked about was he is
Fernando Gonzalez wins first round in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Fernando Gonzalez, Athens 2004 Bronze medalist, took the first step in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
During this tournament the physical condition is a key factor, and Gonzalez didn't spend much time on court which is very good for him.
The Chilean said that his goal is to take a medal in the Olympic Games, as he did in Athens
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis Results - Sunday 8/10
Lots of action was scheduled for today at the Beijing 2008 Tennis event but it's has being a day full of rain instead of action.
Five lucky players were able to complete their matches so far. Nikolay Davydenko, 4th seed, had not problems to get past Ernests Gulbis.
James Blake, 8th seed, had to battle a little, special in the second set
The whole world is watching Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sports fans are updating their information with all the latest news and performances of their countries. The web search giant Google is also looking at the Olympics as a huge opportunity that can’t be missed. Google has changed the logo on its homepage. Also they have [...]
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sunday 8/10 Order of Play
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Order of Play for the first day of action was released and Roger Federer will began his road to the gold on Sunday.
The world number 1 will play against Dmitry Tursunov on Center court late in the afternoon. In that same court James Blake, 8th seed, will open play at 10:30am(local time) ahainst Chris Guccione,
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The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games have already started. It is the largest gathering of most talented players of the world who share the same goal and enthusiasm. Every sports person wants to return to his or her country with gold medal. These Olympic games are big achievement for China as the Chinese government is expecting [...]
What an almighty inauguration the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games had today. It was nothing but a handful of color, innovation, art, culture and the most important part of everything, is that the sense of a global community was kept. This are meant to be, in all sense of the word, the World’s Olympic Games!
For those [...]
With the 2008 Olympic Games here, it is hard not to catch the spirit of international competition. With 302 events in 28 sports, the games offer a vast field of athletes the opportunity to represent their country on a global stage. While often overlooked, selecting the stage itself however is very much like a competition. [...]
In conjunction with the currently playing 2008 Olympics, many labels have introduced new collections. Among them is the Prada label who recently released their latest Limited Edition collection of tote bags, pouches along with other accessories to commemorate the event. All items include a symbolic bear in different sports gear to show the different events that take place at the Olympics. Take a l
Olympic Games Competition: August 15 – 24 at the National Stadium in Beijing.The United States is coming off its most dominant performance at the 2007 World Championships where Team USA won 14 golds among all medals. That ties the national teams best medal haul to date. Last year Team USA accomplished a new feat, which involved sweeping all relays.This year it is not quite easy to project a m
I have no specific interest in the major sport event that is the Olympic Games. It is way too politicized for me, and the money involved makes the whole thing look more like a big marketing opportunity than a sport reunion.
However, it is still interesting to see how designers are participating in such an event, [...]
While most people in the West are still in offices, China is celebrating the Opening Ceremony. With over 80 officials from as many countries and an enviable security presence around the National Stadium of Beijing the inaugural ceremony is underway.
Drummers have already taken the stage and dancers are on their way. The Olympic opening ceremony [...]
CCTVOlympics allows you to watch Beijing 2008 Olympic online for free with no registration required. For those whom countries only broadcast of paid TV and you’re not subscribe to, this should be a good news. It’s also a great news for white collars to take a break off work to go online and catch some live updates. Now that being said, you’re totally responsible for any consequences it m
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The Olympic flame will be lit in a few hours in the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing. Can't wait to see the opening ceremony! In the meantime, let's remember how the Olympic...
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While most of us will experience the 2008 Olympics via the TV, those lucky enough to be there will find plenty of things to do in Beijing, especially if they have the Wcities Guide to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing...
The number 8 in Chinese Culture is the lucky number. The 8th of August 2008 is the Luckies day in our lives as the three eights are combining. Perhaps something miraculous will happen today. Even the Olympic Games start on this day at 8 minutes past 8. Thats 888 for you
The Olympic Games are finally here! Day 1 doesn't feature much fun and games though...Watch out for Maria Kristian Yulianti who takes on German veteran Schenk. Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin, who qualified after Zhou Mi was ruled out of the games, takes on English Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Tracey Hallam. Korean favorite Jun Jae Youn takes on lesser known Kammila Augustyn.The Men's round of 64 doe
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